【文筆補充錠】“the long and short”，長的？短的？什麼意思啊？

the long and (the) short of + 事物、主題

I don’t want give out too many details(細節) about the film(電影) I am shooting(拍攝), but what I told you is the long and short of it.

有關我正在拍攝的電影，我不想透露太多細節，但大致上就是我剛告訴你的內容。

I’m sorry but I am really busy(忙碌的). Could you please just give me the long and short of your project(專案)?

抱歉我真的很忙，你可以只要大概說明你的專案就好了嗎？

I don’t care. The long and short of it is that he already(已經) got tired(厭倦的) of me.

我不管，總之這件事簡單來說就是他已經厭倦我了。

• 延伸閱讀：Long story short

I might have explained(解釋) too much. To make a long story short, I’m working on a new product(產品) design(設計) and I need you to test(測試) it for me.

我可能解釋太多了，長話短說就是我在做新的產品設計，我需要你幫我測試。

Long story short, are you going to help(幫助) me or not?

我就長話短說了，你到底是要不要幫我啊？